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One of the passengers aboard a small plane that crash landed at Gander International Airport in Newfoundland and Labrador last night, injuring three people, is questioning the decision to land the plane given the snowy and windy weather.

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An Air Canada Express Beechcraft 1900 remained on the runway at Gander International Airport in Newfoundland and Labrador on Thursday morning. The plane crash landed Wednesday night. (Chris Ensing/CBC)

One of the passengers aboard a small plane that crash landed at Gander International Airport in Newfoundland and Labrador last night is questioning the decision to land the plane given the snowy and windy weather.

Kris Ralph was among 14 passengers and two crew on Flight AC7804, operated by Exploits Valley Air Services (EVAS). The plane was en route from Happy Valley-Goose Bay when it crash landed around 9:30 p.m. NT Wednesday.

Three people were sent to hospital for observation. All have been released.

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An official with Central Health, the regional health authority, said there were no "serious physical injuries."

We all knew it was going to be a rough landing, but we didn't realize that it was going to hit that hard.- Kris Ralph, passenger on Flight AC7804

According to Ralph, passengers were told it was a 50/50 chance they would be able to land in Gander, and if it was unsuccessful, the craft would instead head to Deer Lake.

"We found out after that we were the only plane to even attempt to land in Gander the whole evening because of the weather," Ralph told CBC News.